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干

gān / Gān / gān / gān / Gān / gān / gàn
HSK 1

English Meaning

(gān) old variant of 干 | (Gān) surname Gan | (gān) dry; dried food; empty; hollow; taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster; futile; in vain; (dialect) rude; blunt; (dialect) to cold-shoulder | (gān) variant of 干 | (Gān) surname Gan | (gān) (bound form) to have to do with; to concern oneself with; one of the ten heavenly stems 干; (archaic) shield | (gàn) tree trunk; main part of sth; to manage; to work; to do; capable; cadre; to kill (slang); to fuck (vulgar); (coll.) pissed off; annoyed

Authentic Cinema Dialogue 3 CURATED EVIDENCE CLIPS
那你这现在是在干什么
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💡 INTENT:

“If you're not angry, then what is this attitude supposed to be?”

1. PREVIOUS

我生气了吗 我没生气

“Am I angry? I'm not angry.”

“Then what are you doing right now?”

3. NEXT

我只是在跟你讲道理

“I'm just reasoning with you.”

《莫离》 · crisis_and_conflict
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她去了哪儿 她要干什么
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💡 INTENT:

“I have absolutely no idea where she went or what she's up to, so stop interrogating me!”

1. PREVIOUS

我怎么会知道她已经离开学校了

“How would I know she had already left?”

“Where she went, what she was doing,”

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我根本就不知道

“none of that had anything to do with me.”

《隐身的名字》 · crisis_and_conflict
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- 干活了 - 我们话还没问完呢
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💡 INTENT:

“Don't try to walk away; you're not done answering us.”

1. PREVIOUS

就为了多卖几文钱 但咱可不傻 看货定价 就是

“just to get a better price. We're not fools. We pay based on the quality. That's right.”

“- Time to get back to work. - We still have questions for you.”

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这位是真正的贵客 可不敢怠慢

“This is an important seller. We can't make him wait.”

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